what is the most touchdowns thrown by one qb in one single college football game before 2025

Before this season, Tanner Mordecai, Anthony Gordon and Case Keenum were tied for the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback in a game, with 9 touchdowns.

NAMETDDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tanner Mordecai
T. Mordecai
9
11/5/2022
SMU SMU
vs
HOU HOU
28
37
75.7
379
10.2
0
242.0
24.3
0.0
1
1
2Anthony Gordon
A. Gordon
9
9/21/2019
WSU WSU
vs
UCLA UCLA
41
61
67.2
570
9.3
2
187.8
14.8
3.3
2
11
3Case Keenum
C. Keenum
9
10/27/2011
HOU HOU
vs
RICE RICE
24
37
64.9
534
14.4
1
261.0
24.3
2.7
4Brandon Doughty
B. Doughty
8
11/28/2014
WKU WKU
@
MRSH MRSH
34
50
68.0
491
9.8
2
195.3
16.0
4.0
2
15
5Geno Smith
G. Smith
8
9/29/2012
WVU WVU
vs
BAY BAY
45
51
88.2
656
12.9
0
248.0
15.7
0.0
6Giovanni Vizza
G. Vizza
8
11/10/2007
UNT UNT
vs
NAVY NAVY
40
50
80.0
478
9.6
2
205.1
16.0
4.0
7B.J. Symons
B.J. Symons
8
10/4/2003
TTU TTU
vs
TAMU TAMU
34
46
73.9
505
11.0
0
223.5
17.4
0.0
8Nick Rolovich
N. Rolovich
8
12/8/2001
HAW HAW
vs
BYU BYU
29
52
55.8
543
10.4
1
190.4
15.4
1.9
9Jason Martin
J. Martin
8
10/19/1996
LT LT
vs
TOL TOL
28
36
77.8
542
15.1
0
277.6
22.2
0.0
10Clayton Tune
C. Tune
7
11/5/2022
HOU HOU
@
SMU SMU
36
53
67.9
527
9.9
3
183.7
13.2
5.7
2
12
11Tanner Mordecai
T. Mordecai
7
9/4/2021
SMU SMU
vs
ACU ACU
24
30
80.0
317
10.6
0
245.8
23.3
0.0
0
0
12Bailey Zappe
B. Zappe
7
9/2/2021
WKU WKU
vs
UTM UTM
28
35
80.0
424
12.1
1
242.0
20.0
2.9
0
0
13Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
7
12/28/2019
LSU LSU
vs
OKLA OKLA
29
39
74.4
493
12.6
0
239.8
17.9
0.0
1
5
14Mason Fine
M. Fine
7
11/2/2019
UNT UNT
vs
UTEP UTEP
24
39
61.5
332
8.5
0
192.3
17.9
0.0
1
3
15Gardner Minshew II
G. Minshew II
7
11/17/2018
WSU WSU
vs
ARIZ ARIZ
43
55
78.2
473
8.6
0
192.4
12.7
0.0
2
7
16Drew Anderson
D. Anderson
7
10/7/2017
BUFF BUFF
vs
WMU WMU
35
61
57.4
597
9.8
0
177.5
11.5
0.0
0
0
17Riley Ferguson
R. Ferguson
7
10/6/2017
MEM MEM
@
CONN CONN
34
48
70.8
431
9.0
0
194.4
14.6
0.0
1
11
18Drew Lock
D. Lock
7
9/2/2017
MIZ MIZ
vs
MOST MOST
21
34
61.8
521
15.3
1
252.5
20.6
2.9
1
6
19Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
7
10/22/2016
OKLA OKLA
@
TTU TTU
27
36
75.0
545
15.1
0
266.3
19.4
0.0
0
0
20Paxton Lynch
P. Lynch
7
11/28/2015
MEM MEM
vs
SMU SMU
9
14
64.3
222
15.9
0
362.5
50.0
0.0
0
0
21Brandon Allen
B. Allen
7
11/21/2015
ARK ARK
vs
MSST MSST
30
43
69.8
406
9.4
0
202.8
16.3
0.0
0
0
22Cooper Rush
C. Rush
7
12/24/2014
CMU CMU
@
WKU WKU
28
45
62.2
493
11.0
1
201.1
15.6
2.2
4
19
23Rakeem Cato
R. Cato
7
11/28/2014
MRSH MRSH
vs
WKU WKU
29
46
63.0
417
9.1
4
172.0
15.2
8.7
3
25
24Trevone Boykin
T. Boykin
7
10/25/2014
TCU TCU
vs
TTU TTU
22
39
56.4
433
11.1
0
208.9
17.9
0.0
2
11
25Cody Kessler
C. Kessler
7
10/18/2014
USC USC
vs
COLO COLO
19
26
73.1
319
12.3
0
265.0
26.9
0.0
2
20
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1995 season.

More SMU Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

31.4

53rd

OPP PPG

21.4

46th

RUSH YDS/G

122.0

126th

PASS YDS/G

266.0

40th

2025 ACC Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
3
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
4-1
6-2
4
Louisville Louisville
3-1
6-1
5
SMU SMU
3-1
5-3
6
Duke Duke
3-1
4-3
7
Miami Miami
2-1
6-1
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
11/1
MIA MIA
@
SMU SMU
12:00 PM
Sat
11/8
SMU SMU
@
BC BC
12:00 PM
Sat
11/22
LOU LOU
@
SMU SMU
1:00 PM
Sat
11/29
SMU SMU
@
CAL CAL
1:00 PM
Last Game
SMU SMU

5 - 3

12

Final

13

Sat 25 Oct 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

CFB 2025 Rankings

CFB 2025 Division Standings

Mountain WestWLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
6
2
.750
2
San Diego State San Diego State
6
1
.857
Big 12WLPCT
1
BYU BYU
8
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
7
1
.875
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
8
0
1.000
2
Virginia Virginia
7
1
.875
Big 10WLPCT
1
Ohio State Ohio State
7
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
8
0
1.000
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
5
3
.625
2
Central Michigan Central Michigan
5
3
.625
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
5
2
.714
2
UConn UConn
5
3
.625
SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Texas A&M Texas A&M
8
0
1.000
2
Alabama Alabama
7
1
.875
American AthleticWLPCT
1
Navy Navy
7
0
1.000
2
Tulane Tulane
6
1
.857
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Washington State Washington State
4
4
.500
2
Oregon State Oregon State
1
7
.125
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
JMU JMU
7
1
.875
2
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
4
3
.571
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
6
2
.750
2
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
4
3
.571

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
10/3
WIS WIS
@
MICH MICH
10-24
Fri
10/3
OHIO OHIO
@
BALL BALL
14-20
Fri
10/3
ARMY ARMY
@
UAB UAB
31-13
Fri
10/3
ILL ILL
@
PUR PUR
43-27
Fri
10/3
KSU KSU
@
BAY BAY
34-35

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
10/29
JVST JVST
@
MTSU MTSU
7:30 PM
Wed
10/29
FIU FIU
@
MOST MOST
8:00 PM
Thu
10/30
MRSH MRSH
@
CCAR CCAR
7:30 PM
Thu
10/30
TULN TULN
@
UTSA UTSA
7:30 PM
Fri
10/31
MEM MEM
@
RICE RICE
7:00 PM